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Rip Current Statement 77, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 4, 2024, 4:03 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2024, 4:03 AM CDT (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 360 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
939 WHUS42 KTAE 040903 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 503 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2024 FLZ115-050600- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0076.000000T0000Z-240904T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0077.240904T0903Z-240905T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 503 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-041015- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0076.000000T0000Z-240904T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 503 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2024 /403 AM CDT Wed Sep 4 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ FLZ108-112-050600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0077.240904T0903Z-240905T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 403 AM CDT Wed Sep 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
532 WHUS42 KTAE 041557 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1157 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2024 FLZ114-050000- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0077.000000T0000Z-240905T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1157 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2024 /1057 AM CDT Wed Sep 4 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip Current Statement was extended to Gulf County where red flags are flying at Indian Pass late this morning. In addition, a large and persistent area of thunderstorms offshore from the Emerald Coast have churned up the waters. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-115-050000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0077.000000T0000Z-240905T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 1157 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2024 /1057 AM CDT Wed Sep 4 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 23 min | |
| Sep 3, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 37 min |
| Sep 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Sep 4, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Sep 4, 10:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 20 hr | |
| Sep 4, 12:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Sep 4, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Sep 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Sep 4, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Sep 4, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 24 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.